ronald reagan had the right instincts. mitt romney has the right instincts about american leadership. that does not mean he goes and tries to find wars to fight. but it does -- he does understand in sharp contrast to barak obama the role of america and leading from in front. as he said in his speech, if america doesn't lead, who does lead? and of course, barak obama has said time and time again that we lead from behind. and you look across the middle east and there is example after example of that. >> gretchen: it's an interesting time. 28 days until the election. who would have hunk last week we would be looking at the polls we're looking at this week with two more debates to go. >> i think gretchen, an appropriate response to that is a big bird ad. what? what is that all about? i mean, you know. and by the way, on a serious note, this business of just going out and calling a candidate for the president of the united states a liar, just say liar, liar, you know, that, in my view, and i've watched a lot of campaigns, as yo